Cuspidor



(No Model.)

J.' P. ANNEN, & P. H. POX.

GUSPIDOR.

N0.'385, 159. PatentedJune 26, 1888.

I Witnesses:

Ilivlantur fiwoww 9 x ATTORNEY.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN P. ANNEN AND FRED H. FOX, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,159, dated June 26,1888.

4 Application filed January 10, 1888. Serial No. 260,273. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN P. ANNEN and FRED H. Fox, both citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Ouspidor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cuspidors in which a bottom ishung on a hinge and secured by a seal-joint to the body of a cuspidorand held securely to the body by a hook caught into an eye on the saidbottom; and we further add a means of conveying the cuspidor withoutplacing the hand to the cnspidor itself. Our object is to provide themeans of carrying the cuspidor and of cleansing the same without puttingthe hands to the soiled parts of the instrument. We attain this objectby means of the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a side view of the complete machine. Fig.2 is a view showingthe bottom swung down, indicated by broken lines. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview of the seal-joint. Fig. at is a view of the inner end of thehandle. Fig.

5 is a top view of a part of the cuspidor and handle, showing the modeof attaching the same. i Similarlettersrefertosimilarpartsthroughout theviews.

We make a cuspidor of any desired form, and on the side, at a convenientpoint, we place a pivot, F, to which we secure a hook-lever, O.

.This hook-lever G has an upper portion or handle and a lower or hookend. The hook is made so that by persistent pressure on the handle thehook bears on the top of the eye G and draws the bottom B tightlyagainst the body. At a proper point opposite the hook G we make a hinge,a, in the bottom B of the cuspidor, and by means of it secure the bottomto the body of the cuspidor.

The bottom B of the cuspidor A is made with a depressed seal runningaround the entire edge of the same. This seal is lined with a rubberring, I, which fits against the bottom J of the cuspidor A when the book0 is engaged with the eye G.

On the side of the cuspidor A, at a convenient point, we make two wirelugs, H and H,

which run up and down along the side of the cuspidor A for a convenientdistance, leaving a space between them and the body A, and each beingparallel to the other. We then make a handle, D, of wood or otherconvenient material, which at the remote end has on the top surface aT-shaped projection, E, having two arms, e and e. This T-shapedprojection E is either cast of metal and screwed in the handle or it ismade of wire and driven into the wood of the handle D, as the case mayrequire. On the outer face of the handle D are made two parallelvertical grooves, b and b, which are just below the ends 6 and e of theTshaped projection E. The remote end of the handle D is beveledvertically, so that the T-shaped projection E may protrude beyond theend of the wood or substance of the handle.

Having now described the parts of our in vention, we now proceed toexplain the method of operating the same. We put the rubber ring I intothe seal, and then close the bottom 13 up against the body A of thecuspidor; then hook the lever-hook G into the eye G and draw on thehandle of the hook 0 till the bottom B is sufficientlytight to preventleaking, and the device is ready for use. To remove the contents of thecuspidor, we reverse the action on the handle of the lever-hook O, andwhen the hook is disengaged from the eye G the bottom B will fall. Totransport the cuspidor, we turn the handle D sidewise, so as to bringthe vertical grooves b and b at right angles with the wire lugs H H onthe body of the cuspidor A. This allows the ends 6 and e of the T-shapedprojection to pass between the lugs H H, and when so passed between thesaid lugs H H the handle D is turned to its original position, when thevertical grooves b and b engage the lugs H and H and hold the handle infirm contact with the body of the cuspidor A. To detach the handle, theoperation is reversed.

We are aware that prior to our invention ouspidors have been made andused, and we 9-: do not, therefore, lay any claim to the broadprinciples of a cuspidor; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. In a cuspidor, the combination of the I00 body A, having the ridge J,of the hinge a,

body A and the lugs II and H, combined with O, and pivot F, all as andfor the purpose subthe handle D, T-shaped projection E, ends 6stantiaily as set forth and described;

and e, and grooves b and b, all arranged sub- J. P. ANNEN. stantially asset forth and described. FRED H. FOX.

2. In a cuspidor, the combination, with the In presence of- J. S.IVIOATS, the bottom 13, eye G, rubber ring I,1evcr-hook H. HAUPT, Jr.

